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The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter

           Dimmesdaleturnedtothedignifiedandvenerablerulers;totheholyministers,whowerehisbrethren;tothepeople,whosegreatheartwasthoroughlyappalledyetoverflowingwithtearfulsympathy,asknowingthatsomedeeplife-matterwhich,iffullofsin,wasfullofanguishandrepentancelikewisewasnowtobelaidopentothem.Thesun,butlittlepastitsmeridian,shonedownupontheclergyman,andgaveadistinctnesstohisfigure,ashestoodoutfromalltheearth,toputinhispleaofguiltyatthebarofEternalJustice.

           "PeopleofNewEngland!"criedhe,withavoicethatroseoverthem,high,solemn,andmajesticyethadalwaysatremorthroughit,andsometimesashriek,strugglingupoutofafathomlessdepthofremorseandwoe"ye,thathavelovedme!ye,thathavedeemedmeholy!beholdmehere,theonesinneroftheworld!Atlastatlast!Istanduponthespotwhere,sevenyearssince,Ishouldhavestood,here,withthiswoman,whosearm,morethanthelittlestrengthwherewithIhavecrepthitherward,sustainsmeatthisdreadfulmoment,fromgrovellingdownuponmyface!Lo,thescarletletterwhichHesterwears!Yehaveallshudderedatit!Whereverherwalkhathbeenwherever,somiserablyburdened,shemayhavehopedtofindreposeithathcastaluridgleamofaweandhorriblerepugnanceroundabouther.Buttherestoodoneinthemidstofyou,atwhosebrandofsinandinfamyyehavenotshuddered!"

           Itseemed,atthispoint,asiftheministermustleavetheremainderofhissecretundisclosed.

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